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The state of Nevada has issued the second autonomous vehicle permit to Audi for testing piloted driving, making it the first automaker to be issued a license plate — the first permit was given to Google for its autonomous Toyota Prius. Nevada passed a law governing testing of autonomous cars on public roads in 2011.

The Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Lab in Silicon Valley and Stanford University have been developing autonomous cars for a few years now. In 2010, the Autonomous Audi TTS Pikes Peak research car autonomously completed the 156-turn, 12.4-mile Pikes Peak circuit in about 27 minutes. A driverless autonomous Audi TTS lapped Thunderhill Raceway with speeds as high as 120 mph this past summer.

Audi compares the future of its autonomous driving technology to auto-pilot systems on jetlinersThe car could take over for mundane stop-and-go driving or parallel park in tight spots without the driver giving up all vehicle control.